Abstract：
:Methods currently available for the examination of the retinal vasculature of laboratory animals have significant drawbacks. Fluorescein angiography of rodent eyes is hampered by a poor view of the peripheral retina and difficulty in performing fundus photography. Methods of staining or filling retinal vessels are unreliable, labor-intensive, or have high backgrounds. We have developed a novel technique that is quick, simple, and accurate. Fluorescein-labeled 2 million molecular weight dextrans are used to fill the retinal vasculature of mice in vivo, followed by removal of the retina, fixation in paraformaldehyde, and examination of the vascular pattern in whole mount preparations by fluorescence microscopy. We found that fluorescein and fluorescein-labeled low-molecular-weight dextrans (40,000-500,000) are not suitable as they leak out of the vasculature to stain the entire retina in whole mount preparations. By contrast, fluorescein-labeled 2 million molecular weight dextrans remain in the vasculature for many months without diffusion or decay. Under low magnification, the entire retinal vasculature can be visualized at one time. By focusing from one plane to another, the superficial, connecting, or deep vascular layers are delineated. The background fluorescence is very low. We have successfully used this technique in over 20 mice per day to document retinal angiogenesis in a model of oxygen-induced proliferative retinopathy.
journal_name
Microvasc Resjournal_title
Microvascular researchauthors
D'Amato R,Wesolowski E,Smith LEdoi
10.1006/mvre.1993.1042subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-09-01 00:00:00pages
135-42issue
2eissn
0026-2862issn
1095-9319pii
S0026-2862(83)71042-3journal_volume
46pub_type
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2018.05.008
更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0026-2862(84)90054-2
更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2009.01.012
更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0026-2862(90)90020-r
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/mvre.1993.1016
更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2013.06.004
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0026-2862(84)90060-8
更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/mvre.1998.2085
更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2014.05.002
更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/mvre.2002.2449
更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0026-2862(03)00005-0
更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2012.06.011
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/mvre.1993.1004
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2009.08.002
更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2008.06.003
更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0026-2862(02)00010-9
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2014.11.002
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type：
doi：10.1006/mvre.2001.2389
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2017.05.009
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0026-2862(84)90030-x
更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2014.06.008
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2010.05.004
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2013.04.001
更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0026-2862(91)90012-z
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2017.12.001
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2014.10.008
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mvr.2016.04.006
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Spontaneous contractions and those elicited by electrical stimulation were studied in isolated segments of bovine mesenteric lymphatic vessels. The effects of three general anesthetics, pentobarbitone, halothane, and ether, on these spontaneous and evoked contractions were studied. Pentobarbitone and halothane inhibit...
journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0026-2862(89)90073-3
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Blood flow studies in the brain, heart, and other organs suggest that there could be interaction between nitric oxide (NO) and adenosine. This possibility was investigated in the optic nerve head (ONH) during photic stimulation of the dark-adapted cat eye. Functional activation of ONH blood flow was measured by laser ...
journal_title：Microvascular research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1006/mvre.2002.2432
更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00
